Dear Stacy & all,
Here are a couple of non-diamond pieces on commodity chains that you might consider. Speaking of chocolate, has there been anything lately on the use of slave labor in the Ivory Coast to produce cocoa for the world market? There were some news reports about this in 2001.
Best, --mark
Soren Hvalkof. 2000. "Outrage in Rubber and Oil: Extractivism, Indigenous peoples and Justice in the Upper Amazon" in Charles Zerner (ed.) People, Plants and Justice: The Politics of Nature Conservation.People, Plants and Justice: The Politics of Nature Conservation. N.Y.: Columbia University Press: 83-116
Buck, D, C. Getz and J. Guthman. 1997. "From Farm to Table: The Organic Vegetable Commodity Chain of Northern California Sociologia Ruralis 37 (1): 3-20. [Domestic but nicely done]
William Friedlander. 1984. "Commodity System Analysis: An Approach to the Sociology of Agriculture" in Harry Scharzweller (ed) Research in Rural Sociology and Development. Volume 1. Jai Press: 221-235.
And of course lots on diamonds, starting with http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/diamonds/index.html.
At 10:40 AM 1/14/2005, you wrote:
Colleagues,
First, I am looking for suggestions for a short piece (an article, chapter, or part thereof) that outlines what we mean by "commodity chains" and why one might be interested in the environmental and human/labor rights issues surrounding these.
Second, if folks have suggestions of material on commodity chains and consumer goods (chocolate, coffee, bananas, flowers, coltan for cell phones, etc.), I would love to have those. (not diamonds, I have loads of that material!)
--Stacy Stacy D. VanDeveer 2003-06 Ronald H. O'Neal Professor Department of Political Science University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824
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